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Protect Children’s Innocence Act
12/29/2022, 7:03 PM
Summary of Bill HR 8731
The bill proposes several measures to achieve this goal. One key provision is the requirement for internet service providers to implement filters and other technologies to block access to websites that contain explicit or harmful material. This would help prevent children from accidentally stumbling upon inappropriate content while browsing the internet.
Additionally, the bill calls for increased penalties for individuals who create or distribute child pornography. This includes harsher punishments for those who engage in the production, distribution, or possession of such material. Furthermore, the Protect Children's Innocence Act aims to improve education and awareness about online safety for both children and parents. This includes promoting the use of parental control tools and resources to help parents monitor and restrict their children's online activities. Overall, the bill seeks to create a safer online environment for children by implementing stricter regulations on internet content and increasing penalties for those who exploit children through the production and distribution of harmful material. It also emphasizes the importance of education and awareness in promoting online safety for children.
Congressional Summary of HR 8731
Protect Children's Innocence Act
This bill places restrictions on the provision of gender affirming care. Gender affirming care includes performing surgery, administering medication, or performing other procedures for the purpose of changing the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that differs from the individual's biological sex.
Specifically, the bill makes it a felony to perform any gender affirming care on a minor and it permits a minor on whom such care is performed to bring a civil action against each individual who provided the care.
Additionally, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds for gender affirming care or for health insurance that covers such care. Such care may not be provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee. The bill also prohibits qualified health plans from including coverage for gender affirming care. Further, plans that include coverage for such care are not eligible for federal subsidies.
Finally, the bill prohibits institutions of higher education from offering instruction in gender affirming care. It also makes any non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who performs gender affirming care on a minor deportable and inadmissible to the United States.
The restrictions under this bill do not apply to the provision of care under certain circumstances such as when an individual does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action.
